dachshund
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dachshund
1840–50; < German, equivalent to Dachs badger + Hund dog
Vocabulary lists containing dachshund
Example Sentences
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A 2025 story of optimism from Valerie the dachshund.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025
My little office where I write and hang out with my two dogs—a Great Dane and a rescued dachshund.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
Ellena Whitfield, a Westchester-based project manager, worked from Bluff Creek Dog Park in early July as her 1-year-old dachshund Zero scampered around with a chew toy dwarfing his snout.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The night before, Hockney got into a car with his dachshund Tess to be driven across the Channel.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025
Some fifteen feet away from the child, her dog—a young dachshund, wearing a green leather collar and leash—was sniffing to find her, scurrying in frantic circles, his leash dragging behind him.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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